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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 7]
TEXT 7
एतस्मिन्मे मनो विद्वन् खिद्यतेऽज्ञानसङ्कटे । तन्नः पराणुद विभो कश्मलं मानसं महत् ॥ ७ ॥
etasmin me mano vidvan khidyate' jñāna-saṅkaṭe tan naḥ parāṇuda vibho kaśmalam mānasaṁ mahat
etasmin—in this; me—my; manaḥ—mind; vidvan—O learned one; khidyate—is troubling; ajñāna—nescience; saṅkaṭe—in distress; tat—therefore; naḥ—mine; parāṇuda—clear up; vibho—O great one; kaśmalam—illusion; mānasaṁ—relating to the mind; mahat—great.
TRANSLATION
O great and learned one, my mind is greatly illusioned by the distress of this nescience, and I therefore request you to clear it up.
PURPORT
Such mental bewilderment as represented here by Vidura takes place for some living entities, but not for everyone, for if everyone were bewildered there would be no possibility of a solution by higher personalities.
TEXT 8
श्रीशुक उवाच
स इत्थं चोदितः क्षत्रा तच्चजिज्ञासुना मुनिः । प्रत्याह भगवच्चित्तः स्याम्नि गतस्यः ॥ ८ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca sa itthaṁ coditaḥ kṣattrā tattva-jijñāsunā muniḥ pratyāha bhagavac-cittaḥ smayann iva gata-smayaḥ
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; saḥ—he (Maitreya Muni); ittham—in this way; coditaḥ—being agitated; kṣattrā—by Vidura; tattva-jijñāsunā—by one who was anxious to inquire to know the truth; muniḥ—the great sage; pratyāha—replied; bhagavat-cittaḥ—God conscious; smayan—wonder; iva—since; gata-smayaḥ—without hesitation.